John Rutkowski was an outstanding bowler during the 1920’s, 30’s 40’s and 50’s. He won the Syracuse Bowling Association singles title in 1940 and the doubles title with E. Strazelecki in 1949. His high average was 213 and high series was 776. In 1929, John was selected along with 34 other individuals to represent the United States in Sweden for the World Tournament. He won several international titles including the three-man team title in Germany in 1929 and the Berlin Singles in 1933. In 1931, he won the Journal-American singles title.